Category Archives: travel

Part of my prepping for Beijing included installing the offline TripAdvisor application on my HiSense tablet, and it turned out to be both stunningly helpful and fiendishly traitorous. To wit: It was marvelous at looking up hotels and restaurants and … Continue reading →

I sometimes wonder whether people visiting the US get the same comforting feel from the sight of the Golden Arches. It’s a sign that, no matter how alien the local food, customs, and language may be, there’s at least one … Continue reading →

Negative post warning I have a very difficult time loving Beijing. Part of that is almost certainly because the hotel I stayed in was in the heart of the tourist district surrounding the Forbidden City, etc, and that meant that … Continue reading →

I like the sound of that. The Forbidden City. Sounds rather like a Tomb Raider level, doesn’t it? At any rate, the Forbidden City, also rather boringly known as the Palace Museum, is a collection of former imperial palaces at … Continue reading →

I have a friend who is a big fan of Kinder Eggs. These are chocolate treats, sold everywhere in the world that is not the US, that consist of a hollow chocolate egg with a toy surprise inside. They are … Continue reading →

If I had to pick an unexpected benefit of visiting China rather than Japan, I’d have to say that it was a fairly inexpensive trip. When I visit Japan, I tend to do a LOT of shopping. I mostly stick … Continue reading →